Category

Books & Literature

This index adds up the scores of 80 questions: 77 across 10 subcategories and 3 about Books & Literature as a whole. 2,547 brands are ranked.

Questions by subcategory

Edition
Nov 12, 2026
Methodology
v5.0
Panel
6 AI surfaces

AI Visibility Ranking

Brands ordered by GenRank score across this category and its subcategories.

#BrandScore
  1. 1Atomic Habits411.6
  2. 2Man's Search for Meaning287.7
  3. 3Watchmen270.3
  4. 4Thinking, Fast and Slow243.6
  5. 5Pride and Prejudice238.1
  6. 6The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People205.3
  7. 7Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind204.4
  8. 81984177.5
  9. 9Ron Chernow171.7
  10. 10Goodnight Moon165.5
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  1. 11Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln160.8
  2. 12How to Win Friends and Influence People148.4
  3. 13Washington: A Life148.3
  4. 14Shoe Dog147.2
  5. 15The Lean Startup145.3
  6. 16Steve Jobs144.7
  7. 17Mindset: The New Psychology of Success142.4
  8. 18The Lord of the Rings139.3
  9. 19The Sandman series138.2
  10. 20Outlander136.0
  11. 21The Psychology of Money135.5
  12. 22One Hundred Years of Solitude134.6
  13. 23McCullough131.0
  14. 24Influence126.1
  15. 25Beloved126.1
  16. 26Demon Copperhead124.1
  17. 27The Dark Knight Returns122.7
  18. 28Batman: Year One122.1
  19. 29Deep Work121.6
  20. 30Saga120.8
  21. 31The Very Hungry Caterpillar119.2
  22. 32Persepolis117.6
  23. 33Emily Henry117.1
  24. 34Doris Kearns Goodwin113.3
  25. 35The Murder of Roger Ackroyd113.2
  26. 36Maus111.0
  27. 37Educated110.4
  28. 38All-Star Superman110.3
  29. 39The Hard Thing About Hard Things106.9
  30. 40Marvel Comics105.1
  31. 41The Underground Railroad105.0
  32. 42High Output Management104.1
  33. 43Book Lovers103.1
  34. 44The Hound of the Baskervilles102.6
  35. 45Zero to One102.5
  36. 46Dune101.8
  37. 47John Adams101.3
  38. 48To Kill a Mockingbird99.2
  39. 49The Mom Test97.9
  40. 50Tara Westover97.6

The GenRank score sums each brand’s question-level visibility inside this category. Higher means AI names the brand more often and earlier. It is not bounded, so compare brands within one category, not across categories. Methodology

The questions behind this index

80

The questions, grouped by subcategory, each card with that category's top five brands. This index's ranking adds up the scores of every question grouped here.

Books & Literature, general

3 questions

Most cited sources

Sites cited by the answers to this category's questions and its subcategories'. Counts are citing answers. All of this week's questions. Earlier ranks appear once two weekly runs of the same methodology exist.

Most cited sources
RankSourceCiting answers
1goodreads.comreview and listing sites131
2reddit.comcommunity63
3penguinrandomhouse.com61
4shopping.google.comshopping59
5youtube.comsocial49
6fivebooks.com41
7shortform.com40
8penguin.co.uk29
9time.commedia21
10bookauthority.org20